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F. B. KENDALL.

COMBINED WHBBLBARROW AND SLED.

No. 299,798. Patented June 3, 1884.

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FRANKLIN B. KENDALL, OF TUMWATER, YASHINGTON TERRITORY.

COMBINED WHEELBARROW AND SLED.

fiPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,798, dated June 3,1884.

Application filed March 8, 1884. N 0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN B. KENDALL, of Tumwater, in the county ofThurston and Territory of Washington, have invented a new and ImprovedCombined Sled and Wheelbarrow, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description. v

This invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinationsof parts in a wheelbarrow, whereby the same may be readily convertedinto a sled or back again into a wheelbarrow, and a cheap, strong, andconvenient structure is obtained for either article or vehicle,substantially as hereinafter de scribed.

- Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part'ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a side view of a wheelbarrow embodying my inventionand constructed so as to be readily convertible into a sled. Fig. .2 isa partly-broken plan View of the same; Fig. 3, an end elevation of thelegs of the barrow detached; and Fig. 4., a longitudinal view of thespokes of the wheel of the barrow detached.

A A are the sides of the wheelbarrow con structed to run either endforward when the vehicle is converted into a sled, and made as narrow aspracticable to adapt them to a sled. The upper margins of said sides are'made slightly concave,whereby wood is econo mized, and increasedstrength is obtained when the top or cover B is secured or properlyscrewed down to its place, and the shoes of iron or runners O arefastened to their places. These sides A A may be made of any light woodand of the desired shape (including the handles a a, which areextensions of them) either by steaming and bending, sawing, orotherwise. 7

D is the wheel of the barrow, having spokes b b, arranged to cross eachother at right angles. These spokes at their ends have the samethickness as the fellies, but are much wider at their center where thebearing is on the axle, and are locked with one another by scores cc outin each spoke, and of half the thickness of the fellies. Said wheelshould be made of hard wood, and after the spokes b b have been fittedtogether, as described, a

hole is bored in the center of them for the axle d. This construction ofthe wheel,while being cheap and giving great strength and a good-sizedhub, admits of its being readily removed when converting the wheelbarrowinto a sled. The axle d is made of round iron, to admit of its beingused as a roller for or near its inner end to fit the axle, and a splitin it extending from said end through and beyond said hole, to springthe tongue on to the axle, after which it may be fastened by ascrew-bolt.

Back of the wheel D, on the sides of the wheelbarrow, are two uprights,E E, which are shouldered down to fit said sides, and

have lips 6 extending down the sides and receiving bolts through them,to secure the uprights to the sides. These uprights which may beconnected by a cross hood-piece, F, serve to hold the sides in place.The same ma or ma not be removed when usin the y Y a vehicle as a sled.

G G are the legs of the wheclbarrow,which have a slot, f, in their tops,to receive the sides of the barrow within them, the runners O resting onthe lower walls of the slots, and bolts passing through the slotted endsof the legs and sides of the barrow, to hold the legs in place. Thisconstruction and manner of attaching the legs is strong and admits ofthe ready removal of thelegs when using the vehicle as a sled.

The boxes h for the axle d are made by welding an extension on the shoesor runners, and secured by screws on the top of the sides over whichthey lap.-

For a given weight of material used in constructionthis barrow, incasedin iron, as described,will carry a much greater weight than a barrow ofordinary construction.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In a combined or convertible sled and wheelbarrow,the sides A A of the barrow, constructed to run either end foremost whenconverting the vehicle into a sled and provided with metal shoes orrunners O, in com- 1 3. The combination, with the sides A A, 10 binationwith the removable Wheel D of the having runners C, of the uprights E,and cross barrow,and detachable legs G G, substantially hood-piece F,essentially as shown and doas specified. scribed.

2. The detachable le s G G of the barrow T T y T constructed with an upper slot, f, in combina- FRAL KLIL km} DALI tion with the sides A A ofthe wheelbarrow, \Vitnesses: having metal runners or shoes 0,substantially C. F. EASTMAN, as and for the purpose described. FRANK E.RICE.

